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Methodology for the analysis of betalains (betacyanins and betaxanthins) was, for many years, far behind research on the analogous water-soluble pigments, the anthocyanins (Strack and Wray 1989). The chemical nature of betalains was elucidated mainly by chemical means in the middle of this century (Wyler and Dreiding 1961). There are a number of chemical methods, which have been used extensively for structure elucidation (Steglich and Strack 1990), as well as a series of classical techniques, such as electrophoresis and column chromatography, which are still of importance.
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Strack, D., Wray, V. (1994). Recent Advances in Betalain Analysis. In: Behnke, HD., Mabry, T.J. (eds) Caryophyllales. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78220-6_12
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